Model TOD Zoning Ordinance (PDF, 3.7 MB) - Reconnecting America

June 29, 2001 ■ Model Transit-Oriented District Overlay Zoning Ordinancesuccess of TODs. They depend as much upon an understanding of the land use and transportationcontext as they do upon sound market analysis. Improvements in the public realm e.g.,infrastructure investments or development incentives can foster revitalization in the private realm.In turn, improvements in the private realm will generally yield public returns e.g., visual interestat the street level or increased tax revenues.Public and private benefits can be further organized into “primary” and “collateral” benefits.Primary benefits include those for which a primary cause and effect relationship can bedocumented such as increased transit ridership. Collateral benefits are associated benefits ofTOD, but are not as easily quantifiable such as improved community health. CThe following matrix presents one way of structuring thoughts about the benefits of Transit-Oriented Development. The lines, however, are not black and white, and the overwhelming truthis that these benefits overlap and support each other. Significant benefits (highlighted in bold) arediscussed in greater detail in the following pages.CThe Center for Disease Control is currently funding research in this area to determine if there is acorollary between the level of sprawl in a region and the health of its population.Page 2 ■Chapter II ■ Valley Connections